Comments on: Self publishing costs nothing

By: Charles Hackenberry

Charles Hackenberry — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:19:03 +0000

Thank you, Joanna–wondering why the Kindle folks didn’t tell me this. Oh well, you gave me the answer I’ve been searching for for weeks.

By: Joanna Penn

Joanna Penn — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:53:02 +0000

Publishing with Kindle is great – you keep all the rights, they are just a distributor. Most indies make the most money through ebook sales.

By: Charles Hackenberry

Charles Hackenberry — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:29:15 +0000

What do you think of publishing with Amazon/Kindle? I’m trying to find out what rights I retain
if they publish my stuff for Kindle–with little success.

By: Charles Hackenberry

Charles Hackenberry — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:25:39 +0000

Amen on NOT feeling sorry for ANY publishing company! I’ve published four books–M. Evans, Harper Collins, and the Univ. of Ill. Press–and while they all have made good money
on my work, I have not. My first book won the Best Novel of the Year Spur Award from Western Writers of America, and now I can’t get anyone in traditional publishing to even
READ my latest work! I too am checking out self publishing; I met a guy who made
$100,000 last year in self publishing (he too had a prior publishin record), and if someone
else can do it . . . yeah, me too.

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By: Joanna Penn

Joanna Penn — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:01:43 +0000

Hi Brittany – yes, a cookbook can also be done with print on demand – you might also like Blurb.com which specializes in photobooks and will soon have an app creator as part of their process.

By: Joanna Penn

Joanna Penn — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:00:53 +0000

Hi Katya, I don’t know much about short stories but this article might help and Doug is very approachable http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2011/08/03/why-fiction-magazines-are-an-untapped-goldmine-for-new-authors/

By: Brittany

Brittany — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:43:39 +0000

how does this work for something for a cookbook or collection of works like poetry? is that something i can publish through this method? i’m not much for writing extensive stories, i have a very short attention span for things like that. but i’ve been considering putting together a family cook book and this seems like a great option.

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Indie Publishing Cost Analysis – Part I « Aniko Carmean — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:23:45 +0000

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By: Katya

Katya — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:33:42 +0000

can you make any suggestions for getting short stories/ collection of short stories published/